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OBIT: Gerardo Magnarelli, 89, Immigrated from Italy, Worked as Bricklayer

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A Funeral Mass will be celebrated in the Church of Saint Patrick, Watertown on Friday May 22, 2015 at 9 a.m. for Gerardo Magnarelli. Mr. Magnarelli passed away in his home surrounded by family on Sunday afternoon, May 17, 2015 after a period of declining health, he was 89. A son of the late Dominco and Donata (Quintiliani) Magnarelli, born in San Donato, ValC, Italy. He came into a world that had just ended the First World War. He became a man with scruples and morals even with the absence of a guiding father and a loving mother.

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OBIT: Ana Fernandes, 89, Attended St. Patrick’s Church in Watertown

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Ana (Soares) Fernandes of Watertown May 16, 2015, age 89, passed away peacefully surrounded by loving family at Marist Hill Nursing Home of Waltham. Daughter of Isidoro & Ana Soares both of Portugal. Beloved wife of the Jorge Fernandes. Dear sister of the Manuel Soares and the late Antonio, Lourceno, Isidoro, Joao, & Maria Soares. Loving Aunt to many nephews, nieces, grand nephews and grand nieces.

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OBIT: Phyllis Massa, 94, of Watertown, Co-Owned Massa Boutique

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A Funeral Mass for Phyllis L. Massa will be celebrated in the Church of St. Patrick, Watertown on Thursday may 21, 2015 at 11 a.m.

Miss Massa died in the Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge Sunday evening after a period of declining health. She was 94 years of age. A lifelong resident of Watertown, Phyllis worked for as a manager at Goodall Rubber and co-owed the Massa Boutique in Watertown Square. A member of the St.

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OBIT: Mary Agnes Mahoney, 104, Watertown Resident, Perkins Volunteer

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A Funeral Mass for Mary Agnes (MacDonald) Mahoney, 104, will be celebrated on Saturday, May 16, 2015, in the Church of Saint Jude, Waltham. 

Mrs. Mahoney, a daughter of Boston Police Officer Daniel L. and Mary Ellen (Donovan) MacDonald, was born in Dorchester. The family moved to Watertown when she was a child, and Mrs. Mahoney graduated from Rosary Academy High School, Watertown. She was a retired Telephone Operator for New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. (now Verizon) and a Life Member of the Telephone Pioneers of America. She was a former volunteer at the thrift shop for the Marist Sisters of Waltham, a former volunteer at the Perkins School for the Blind, and a daily communicant at Saint Jude Church.

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OBIT: Ida Elizabeth Pallone, 88, Watertown Resident

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Pallone, Ida Elizabeth of Watertown died on May 2, 2015, at the age of age 88. She was the beloved daughter of the late Philip & Philomena (Zaccagnini) Pallone. Devoted sister of the late Mary, Ralph, Antoinette, Dominic, Carmine, Rocco and Nicholas Pallone. Also loved by many nieces and nephews. Funeral from the MacDonald Rockwell & MacDonald Funeral Home at 270 Main St.

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OBIT: Robert Whitney, 88, Veteran, Printer, Devoted Rotary Member

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Robert Whitney, 88, of Watertown, died peacefully in the early morning hours of Monday, April 27 at the VA Hospital in Bedford Mass, resting among family, friends and fellow veterans. He is survived by Sylvia King Whitney, his beloved and loving wife of 64 years, their daughter Jacqueline (Paul ) and granddaughters Christie and Hayley, as well as his brother J. Malcolm Whitney (Edith), and numerous nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews, many of whom remain in the greater Boston area. Robert and family are well known in Watertown circles, as the Whitney family first arrived in Watertown in 1634. He and Sylvia met at Watertown High and have been together ever since, punctuated by Robert’s enlistment in the US Army Air Corps towards the end of World War II. While Malcolm had already been deployed to the South Pacific,  Robert’s unit  “defended Texas from the Japanese,” as he liked to say.

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OBIT: Joseph McHugh, 86, Watertown Resident, Korean War Vet

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A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday May 2, 2015 at 9 AM in the Church of Saint Patrick, Watertown for Joseph Patrick McHugh. Mr. McHugh, a son of the late Patrick and Nora (Holland) McHugh was a life-long resident of Watertown. Joseph passed away in the Tufts Medical Center, Boston on Thursday April 30, 2015 after a brief illness. He was 86. He enjoyed sixty-one years of marriage with his soul mate and best friend Margaret “Peg” (Sweeny) McHugh of Cambridge.

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OBIT: John Blickenstaff, Watertown Resident, Loved Hockey

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John J. Blickenstaff, Jr., of Watertown, died suddenly on Feb. 4, 2015. Known to his friends as “Blick,” John  grew up in Watertown and went to school in Watertown. He played basketball, football, and was a active member of Watertown youth hockey. He played for the Watertown traveling team for many years.